2. Why ecar in NI?
Transport contribute to over 25% of CO2 emissions in NI
Dispersed rural population of 1.7 million
Road Network of 25,000km (highest per capita)
Public transport provision
Travel patterns of the car user in NI
PfG target to reduce GHG emissions by 35% by 2025.
DETI Renewable Target 40% RE by 2020
UK CCC target 1.7million EV’s by 2020.
NI was awarded £1.6million ‘Plugged In Places’ funding 2 2 2

3. Delivery Plan - Capital
Charge Points
Year 1 – 11/12
40 x Standard Public 22kW CPs
3 x Rapid 50kW CPs
Year 2 – 12/13
120 x Standard Public 22kW CPs
11 x Rapid 50kW CPs
Year 1 & 2
1 x CPMS (vehicle charging data, open access roaming in N/S, ecar Access Cards, ecar payment System etc.)
Grant for 120 Home & Workplace CPs up to £1,500 3 3 3

4. Charging Infrastructure
FAST / PUBLIC
RAPID
HOME / WORK
6 – 8 hours
AC 1Φ 16A Mode 3
Type 2/ fixed cable
1 - 6 hours*
AC 3Φ 32A Mode 3
Type 2
80% in 20 minutes
DC 50kW
AC 3Φ 63A Mode 3 fixed cable (Future) 4

5. Progress to Date in Year 1
40 Standard/Fast Charging Points
4 Rapid Charge Posts on M1 Dungannon, A1 Maghera, A6 Newry, A26 Portrush
Charge Point Management System and Payment System in development 5

6. Scope of NI ecar – Year 2
120 Public Charge Points to be installed by March 2013
5 ecar Rapid Charge Points
5 EU funded Rapid Charge Points
No part of Northern Ireland will be more than 30 miles from a charge point
Most will be no more than 30 miles from an ecar Rapid Charge Point 6

7. Across the border - Scope of RoI ecars
1500 Public Charge Points
Dublin & County 500
Cork 135
Limerick 45
Galway 45
Waterford 45
At least one charging point for every town with population
30+ Rapid Chargers
On all major inter urban route
Every 60 km
2000 Domestic Chargers
See ESB ecars – 7

8. All-Island Integration
Both NI and RoI projects partnering
Single Wholesale Electricity Market
Single Charge Point Management System - Roaming systems / currencies
Standardization of Charging Points
“Electric Highways” linking Dublin, Newry, Belfast, Derry, Enniskillen & Armagh – same ecar brand
EV charging linked to wind generation
L’derry
Belfast
Enniskillen
160km
215km
Galway
Dublin
250km
Cork 8 8

9. Guide to Public Charging
Step 1:
Swipe access card at public charge point to open
Step 2:
Take charging lead out of the vehicle and connect to the charge point
Step 3:
Charging begins. Customer can leave their vehicle
Step 4:
Customer returns to their vehicle, and swipes their access card to remove lead
Step 5:
Customer now had approx. 100 miles of driving range

10. But who’s going to use it?
Not him

11. Who’s going to use it?

12. Who’s going to use it? £5,000 ‘Plug-in Car’ grant
£8,000 ‘Plug-in Van’ grant.
Exemption from fuel duty and vehicle excise duty; company car tax; van benefit charge; and fuel benefit charge.
Pricing e.g. Nissan Leaf c. £22k, Renault Kangoo Van c. £15k, Renault Zoe c. £14k + £70 month lease
More vehicles coming to market soon...
Renault Zoe
Nissan Leaf
Vauxhall Ampera
Renault Kangoo Van
Golf e-motion
BMW i8 12 12

13. Projected Uptake of EVs in NI
NI Baseline
2010 – 54,443 new cars registered in 2012
12% =
6528 EV’s
7% =
3808 EV’s
4% = 2176 EV’s
0 EV’s
0.75% = 408 EV’s
2% =
1088 EV’s
April 2012 = 5 EVs
(NI Actuals)
June 2012 = 17 EVs
(NI Actuals)
October 2012 = 44 EVs
(NI Actuals) 13 13 13

14. ecar ‘Charged for Success’
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